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10 Facts About Frances Osborne

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Frances Victoria Osborne was born on 1969 and is an English author.

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Frances Osborne was the first wife of George Osborne, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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Frances Osborne was educated at Windlesham House School, Marlborough College and the University of Oxford and then trained as a barrister, during which period she became friends with the future wife of Ed Miliband, Justine Thornton, with whom she later embarked on a backpacking trip across South America.

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Frances Osborne worked in law, finance and journalism before becoming a full-time writer.

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Frances Osborne was fourteen when Lilla died at the age of 100.

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Frances Osborne read through the letters, which revealed the story of why Lilla never gave up hope.

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Frances Osborne inspired many writers and artists, from Nancy Mitford to Greta Garbo but Idina's compelling charm masked the pain of betrayal and heartbreak.

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At the age of 13, Frances Osborne opened a newspaper to discover that Idina Sackville was her mother's grandmother.

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Frances Osborne used family letters and diaries including those of Idina's first husband and the shared son of him and Idina.

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Frances Osborne abandoned him for the first 19 years of his life.